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The American fear-mongering machine is about to scare us back into war again

Thanks to a say-anything media, hawkish politicians and an Orwellian administration, a war-weary public is terrified. Are there any red lines anymore – or just launch buttons?

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By Trevor Timm | The Guardian | September 10, 2014

Did you know that the US government’s counterterrorism chief Matthew Olson said last week that there’s no “there’s no credible information” that the Islamic State (Isis) is planning an attack on America and that there’s “no indication at this point of a cell of foreign fighters operating in the United States”? Or that, as the Associated Press reported, “The FBI and Homeland Security Department say there are no specific or credible terror threats to the US homeland from the Islamic State militant group”?

Probably not, because as the nation barrels towards yet another war in the Middle East and President Obama prepares to address that nation on the “offensive phase” of his military plan Wednesday night, mainstream media pundits and the usual uber-hawk politicians are busy trying to out-hyperbole each other over the threat Isis poses to Americans. … continue

September 10, 2014 - Posted by | Militarism, Progressive Hypocrite | , , ,

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  1. The US is hated by many countries and people because of their actions and destroying countries that are no threat to them. The US wants to control the world by force and do not take no for an answer. They have so many enemies that they need a large security force in and out side of North America and the laws are quickly changing to by pass courts because of the cost.

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